| 单词 | patronal festival |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspatronal festival 2. Designating a celebration of the feast day of the patron saint of a church or place; esp. in patronal festival. ΚΠ 1834 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Seine (1835) 229 One might have thought..that it was the patronal fête of the town. 1875 Amer. Cycl. XIII. 16/1 The pallium is made at Rome of the wool shorn from two lambs which the sisterhood of Santa Agnese on the via Nomentana offer every year on their patronal feast. 1905 Times 23 June 10/1 The annual social gatherings of the congregation and friends of St. Alban's, Holborn, in celebration of the patronal festival, were held yesterday. 1991 T. Mitchell Blood Sport i. 37 Too vast a stretch of time divides the cave paintings of Altamira from the patronal fiestas of modern-day Spain. 2002 Ringing World 2 Aug. 799/2 (advt.) On Sea Sunday, for Choral Evensong one week before the Patronal Festival. < as lemmas |
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